Pouting Place of Princes(The). Leicester Square is so called by Pennant, because George II., when Prince of Wales, having quarrelled with his father, retired to Leicester House; and his son Frederick, Prince of Wales, did the same, for the very same reason. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Pouting Place of Princes from Infoplease:
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